Chapter 2293: hunger

August 13, 2076
Under the gray sky, a small boat was moving slowly on the sea, and a large number of shipwrecks and some garbage, including some human and animal corpses, were floating on the sea.
The whole sea is full of garbage, and the smoke and dust can be seen in the distance. It seems that something has caught fire, and the whole world is in chaos.
Gene was sitting on the bow with Ellie in his arms, Werther was at the helm, Tang Rao was lying on the guardrail weakly, she had been seasick for several days, Gu Yi was lying on the edge of the cabin, his face was pale and his mouth was dry.
"See the coast?"
Rose asked feebly. She was lying on the edge of a large bundle of ropes with her face on the ground. Only Deguna and Werther were in good spirits. The others were in very bad health.
They have been drifting at sea for a month. The hull of the ship was attacked on the sea, and the power system was broken. Relying on the common sense of scientists, they modified the bottom of the ship and drifted along the ocean current. Every day, they can only rely on Fishing for a living, and a simple seawater distillation device to replenish fresh water.
Only in the last few days, the number of fish has begun to decrease, and many dead fish are floating on the water surface, indicating that this ocean has been polluted by something. They deduced that it should be the radiation generated when the asteroid fell, but there is no professional detection around. The instrument can only detect through glass, and it is true that the seawater has been polluted by radioactive substances.
These days, they are trying to reduce the water in the community as much as possible, because the polluted radiation, the water made by such a simple distillation tool, will still have residues.
Several people have not eaten normal food for almost a week. Their next stop is the southern part of the Y continent. The journey from O continent to here is too long, but there is nothing they can do. This is the most they can find. good plan.
The plane is basically impossible. They originally wanted to go to the space station, but they missed it in the end. When the last rocket took off, the 8 people were extremely desperate, which meant that they had to be here. Survive in a world that has been completely destroyed and chaotic.
There is another important reason for not choosing land, because an unknown powerful virus is spreading, and they have seen too many humans who died because of the virus.
The lethality of this terrifying virus is something they have never seen before. Werther, an expert in virology, said that this virus destroys the constant maintenance mechanism of human beings, so that all parts of the human body can be destroyed in a very short period of time. Organ problems, and eventually lead to death.
All they need to do now is find a shelter to survive before the sun completely disappears, but now they have a certain disagreement.
Deguna felt that going directly to AS, because of the geographical location there, there should be a lot of people passing by, not too far from the center of the impact, but as long as you go to the south, you should be able to live.
Witte believes that they should go to the United States, because people in the United States have serious catastrophe paranoia long ago, so many families and many places will build doomsday fortresses to store food, medical supplies and water, and some cities along the coast may have been hit. , but inland should be fine.
Although Deguna thinks Witt's suggestion is good, it is impossible to use their current equipment in the past. Large ships are basically impossible to find, and even if they are found, they are already damaged. make repairs.
After Gu Yi wanted to find the coast, he went along the coast to the Dragon Lighthouse, but this idea was opposed by everyone. Even the Dragon Lighthouse could not be safe from this disaster.
Gene and Ellie proposed that it is safest to go to the highest altitude in the Y continent, but obviously no one has made a final decision.
Such small boats cannot sail farther from the coastline, and they have to disembark at any time to find some supplies for supplies, but they encountered wind and waves a few days ago. In order to ride the ocean currents again, they floated at sea for several days before returning again. in the correct ocean current.
Everyone's mood became heavier and heavier. With their expertise in various fields, they nearly survived several times in four months. Everyone knew that the extinction of human beings on this planet was only a matter of time.
The sun is obscured by the dust after the impact of the asteroid. This kind of dust floating above the clouds can easily combine with the clouds and become a semi-solid substance, but it is extremely slight and floats in the sky. These substances will absorb the sun most of the energy in light.
And looking at the deepening color and coverage of the clouds, including the wind, it is certain that these coverings are constantly spreading, and eventually the entire earth will be covered by these coverings. Humans without sunlight will gradually die after a period of time. .
Unless they can find a shelter where they can grow crops, they will surely die.
The current situation is very clear. Human society and the country have completely collapsed. After all, four months have passed, and four months are enough for the human society that has completely formed a chain to collapse.
One or two points of collapse, perhaps human beings have a way to remedy it, but there are points of collapse all over the world, which is unbearable for human beings. In the face of nature, human beings have no room to fight back.
"How can it be better without Ellie."
Gene asked gently, Ellie in his arms nodded gently, and Tang Rao looked at the two of them angrily.
"It really me off."
Rose laughed.
"Hey, what will happen to us in the future? There is a problem with our bodily functions. It should be a very clear signal that we have been contaminated by radiation."
Gu Yi stunned his head with difficulty, shook his head and said.
"It's a miracle to survive, to fall from such a height."
At this time, Deguna, who was standing at the top of the cabin with a gun, became excited.
"See land."
In the distance, there was a light black thing, which was definitely land. Everyone struggled to get up and started to work on a resolute human propeller behind the hull. It required 6 people to step on the pedals of the bicycle at the same time, and then the boat started to work. can be motivated.
Now everyone has no strength. This kind of thing is fine when food is plentiful, but when food is scarce, it is simply torture for people.
Werther was at the rudder, and the hull began to move slowly. Li Chu was almost dying. His face was sallow, but he could only pedal hard, because having land means having fresh water and food. It should be the coastline of a small country in the southern part of the Y continent.
Gradually, the coast in the distance has been clearly seen, and there is a large piece of green woods. Everyone moved forward cautiously, and Deguna laughed.
"Remember, it was probably on such a coast that I kidnapped Ellie."
Gene laughed and nodded, and everyone's eyes shone with hope again.
The ship began to approach little by little, and the stench was exuding. The sea was full of Larry. The woods had begun to wither. There was not enough sunlight for a long time, and many plants began to turn yellow and black. Not far away was a small seaport town. , There are some broken ships on the pier, and the hulls are leaning towards the pier.
After a while, the boat finally docked. Everyone was busy quickly, fixing the boat on the pier, and then disembarking. Gene and Deguna both took their weapons and leaned forward quickly, while the others also held The pistol looked around.
There was a dilapidated dock in front of him. After entering, there was a strong stench. There were many shriveled corpses. Deguna covered her mouth, ran over, and then rummaged through the pockets of some corpses. Soon she found it. A few packs of cigarettes, but fortunately not contaminated.
"Comfortable."
Deguna lit one and exhaled a breath of smoke, and Gene also lit one. The two came out of the dock and gestured to Gu Yi and the others, saying that they had found nothing.
Soon the group entered the town. There were traces of urban chaos everywhere, as well as traces of firefights. Some of the traces looked new, and soon they saw the human beings who were black and dead like coke. This kind of terrifying virus will eventually cause the appearance, people will become directly atomized like coke.
The deceased did not have any contagiousness. Eight people were very sure of this. Li Chu walked up to a person who was in pain and raised his hand, and with a light kick, the whole body was broken into dust.
"You are really bad fun."
Tang Rao muttered, and Li Chu laughed.
"It's very annoying, these things."
Although only one person infected with the virus was found, it is certain that after the town was hit by the virus, it fell into famine again. They found nothing, and everything that could be taken away was taken away, only The modern equipment is still there.
Fortunately, a few people soon found fresh water, and if they continued to drink that distilled water, their bodies would have problems.
However, they still haven't found any food. If they don't get a little food, they will starve to death. There may be some edible plant roots in the forest, but the eight people have no physical strength.
"Depend on."
Hunger made Li Chu more and more irritable. He kicked at an already dilapidated door, but fell to the ground without standing. Tang Rao laughed. Werther walked over and helped Li Chu up. He felt uncomfortable. was lying on the ground again.
The long-term hunger has made the 8 people can't take it anymore, Gene is still thinking about a way, but thinking is useless now, if they can't find food, they are really screwed.
They were lucky the last few dockings and still found a bit of food, but as time went on they found less and less.
"Why don't you take those corpses and deal with them..."
As soon as Li Chu finished speaking, he felt the strange eyes of everyone, and he said with an embarrassed smile.
"I'm just kidding."
After resting for a while, everyone began to look around again, and they had to search the whole town to find food.
Gene entered a yard, the whole yard was in a mess, and Ellie beside him looked very weak.
"It's okay, I'll find it."
Gene said something comfortingly, Ellie nodded, Gene walked into the house, and sure enough, there was nothing left, and after searching several houses, there was nothing to eat.
Werther and Gu Yi came to the outskirts of the town. The crops in the fields have long been gone. In 4 months, the place has become a wasteland, because it seems that although it has been taken care of, due to the sudden cold weather, many The crops died immediately, and then there was no direct sunlight, and the land died with it.
Tang Rao was lying on a dilapidated bed, she couldn't walk a step, she was really tired, seasickness and hunger had given her the idea of ​​dying early.
Rose was still rummaging through boxes and cabinets in front of her eyes to find things, and Li Chu on the street was still smashing some doors with things, not like she was looking for things, but more like venting her emotions.
Deguna was already standing on a higher house, looking around. She felt that the situation here should have gotten worse before the virus spread, because there are many traces of fighting in the town, obviously old. More, less new.
It is certain that before the outbreak of the virus, serious problems occurred here because of this disaster, as can be seen from the ships on the sea, some ships were damaged by artillery shells, which should have been attacked by warships .
As a professional soldier, Deguna knows very well that people don't think about food when their lives are threatened, they will only get rid of the threat first, so the town should have been looted by later people, taking all the food , but only in the town, a large number of cars can be seen on the roads outside the town.
A lot of cars don't look like they belong here, so where did these cars come from, definitely off some freighter.
In such a tense situation, where disaster could strike at any moment, the road gave people hope that they should all just want to go to safer places.
Deguna saw a village in the distance, and soon she shouted, and after a while everyone came over, Deguna explained her inference to everyone, there may not be much food in this kind of town, but that There may still be food in a small remote village.
However, the problem is to walk there, at least more than 50 kilometers, because Deguna has measured the distance with an optical telescope. The village is so far away, and it is still a bumpy mountain road. If there is no car, they may have fallen before they could go. .
"Eat the last of the ship's reserves and we'll figure out a way to get a car."
Deguna said, everyone finally nodded and agreed. After a while, the eight people felt a little more comfortable. The food reserve was enough for them to eat half a bag, but it was already very extravagant. They only dared to eat these days. A little bit of this reserve.
Everyone came to a field outside the town facing north. There were some cars everywhere, but many of them were still usable. Unfortunately, there was no gasoline. Many cars still had single holes on them. Some cars seemed to be hit by explosives. middle.
Most of them need to be refueled, but as long as they get an electric vehicle, they have a way to make a battery out and charge the car, because there are still plenty of materials in the town.
"I found it, I'm sure it must be an electric car, but the model is a bit old."
Li Chu shouted, and soon everyone saw that the car was in a corner. Gu Yi and Ji En, who were good at mechanics, ran over. The two quickly laughed excitedly. It was indeed an electric car. .
It must be difficult to sit for eight people, and it is better to have at most three people. Having a support can also increase the speed of finding food.
Soon Gu Yi, Gene, Werther, and Tang Rao began to search for materials for making batteries. Li Chu fell asleep in a car.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and they have to start the car as soon as possible, and then go to the village to look for food. They are still very hungry. Although they have some strength, they will be finished if they don't find something to eat now.
After a while, they found materials for making batteries in the town, and Gu Yi easily completed the construction, and soon a chemical reaction battery made of bobbins and some dismantled waste appeared.
Gene and Gu Yi were holding tools and were taking out the charging cable from the car's engine, and then charging the car through the voltage regulator.
Soon in the test, the voltage regulator responded, and the situation was very stable. After Gene and Gu Yi carefully docked, the lights of the car soon turned on, and everyone cheered.
Li Chu took out a laptop with a little battery, and quickly found the access port of the car program. In a few minutes, he had directly unlocked the lock program of the car.
After waiting anxiously for 2 hours, the battery was fully charged and the car started normally. Although Deguna was tired, she decided to drive the car in person. Gene and Werther sat on it, while the others collected fresh water and searched for a place to stay overnight. The place.
After all, they are already too tired, and they must cultivate their bodies here before they can continue their journey.
"What if I can't find food?"
Deguna asked, Gene laughed, and Werther in the back seat half-squinted his eyes. Fortunately, the road to the small village was not too bumpy. The power of the car was good, and Deguna accelerated the speed.
Although there are some abandoned cars along the way, the road is still passable.
"Go to sleep Gene."
Deguna said, Gene laughed. He looked at the current Deguna, his expression had completely changed, and the others were the same. In the past few months, the eight people have experienced life and death, and they have gradually understood each other and began to accept each other.
From Gene's point of view, Deguna used to be a cold-blooded soldier, and to Deguna, Gene was a complete asshole.
"By the way, Deguna, there's one thing I've always wanted to tell you."
Deguna looked at Gene suspiciously.
"You seem to be getting younger."
"Is this a sign to me? Ellie will be sad if she hears it."
Gene laughed and shook his head.
"It's true, other people should feel that way, you're getting younger."